head to head
vs
Dead Space (2008)vsResident Evil Village
Dead Space (2008) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil Village leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Space (2008)Resident Evil Village
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Dead Space (2008) leans harder on execution: Precise limb-targeting under Necromorph pressure is the core skill
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Resident Evil Village leans harder on optimization: Merchant economy, weapon upgrades and area sequencing are solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.